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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Ellen returns to school after the funeral, what does one teacher bluntly ask her?
(a) Where her father was.
(b) Why was she wearing so many clothes.
(c) How her mother died.
(d) Where had she been.

2. What is the weather like at the funeral service?
(a) It was foggy.
(b) It was rainy.
(c) It was cold.
(d) It was sunny.

3. How does Ellen refer to her large head?
(a) Beutiful.
(b) Nearly defective.
(c) Ugly.
(d) Nice.

4. Why does Ellen's mother's heart stop beating?
(a) Her heart never stopped beating.
(b) She overdosed on pills.
(c) She was scared.
(d) She was stabbed.

5. What is left in Ellen's mailbox each month?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Food.
(c) Bills.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What make-up item does Ellen contemplate wearing to her mother's funeral?

2. What does Ellen use reading for?

3. What does Ellen's friend's family sometimes eat?

4. What name does the well-to-do relative call Ellen's father?

5. Who is the main character in the story?

(see the answer key)

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